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Teuna Cornelia Jenny Ostermeier; Willem Koops; Riccardo Peccei – Review of Education, 2023
Although it is widely recognised that well-being of teachers is important, not much is known about the effects of job characteristics in subjective well-being. This paper is a report of a study that investigates the effects of job characteristics on subjective well-being. Nationally representative employee data is used to investigate the effects…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Well Being
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Arar, Khalid; Tamir, Emanuel; Abu-Hussain, Jamal – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2019
Two major education system reforms were introduced by Israel's government in collaboration with the teachers' unions. These reforms redefine principals' and teachers' roles, increasing teachers' work hours, and the scope of their work. School principals absent from the reform negotiations, are expected to apply the reform, although their work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Teacher Role, Administrator Role
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Lyons, Michael; Ingersoll, Louise – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
The recommendations of the "Bradley Review" of higher education in Australia identified a clear need for examination of the academic labour market and the limited attractiveness of academia as a profession. Reasons for the lack of attractiveness include increased academic workloads, as evidenced by larger class sizes and staff-student…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
New Ways to Work, Palo Alto, CA. – 1976
Under job sharing, two people share responsibility for one full-time position. Each person has a permanent, part-time job with salary and fringe benefits prorated according to hours worked. Job sharing has been available in some Bay Area school districts for the last four years. For this preliminary report, nine districts--Alum rock, Fremont,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Fringe Benefits, Job Satisfaction, Partnership Teachers
Campbell, R. J.; Neill, S. St. J. – 1990
Ninety-five teachers in Key Stage 1 in England and Wales completed a questionnaire and records of time spent on work over a period of 14 consecutive days, resulting in detailed records of 1,330 days of teachers' time. The data are analyzed in terms of overall time spent on work; time distribution; and time spent specifically on teaching,…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Campbell, R. J.; And Others – 1991
The first part of this paper reviews the literature on fundamental issues that relate to the work of teachers as the national curriculum is implemented in the United Kingdom. These issues include: (1) the work day of junior and secondary school teachers; (2) the politics and sociology of teaching; (3) the work of primary school teachers; and (4)…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy